[Assam] Caucusing In Texas
Rajen & Ajanta Barua
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Thu Mar 6 06:05:52 CST 2008
you bet!
Rajen
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> Those of us who support Obama just have to work harder now :-)
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> At 5:23 PM -0600 3/5/08, Rajen & Ajanta Barua wrote:
>>Message From a Obama Supporter:
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>>Our projections show the most likely outcome of yesterday's elections will
>>be that Hillary Clinton gained 187 delegates, and we gained 183.
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>>That's a net gain of 4 delegates out of more than 370 delegates available
>>from all the states that voted.
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>>For comparison, that's less than half our net gain of 9 delegates from the
>>District of Columbia alone. It's also less than our net gain of 8 from
>>Nebraska, or 12 from Washington State. And it's considerably less than our
>>net gain of 33 delegates from Georgia.
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>>The task for the Clinton campaign yesterday was clear. In order to have a
>>plausible path to the nomination, they needed to score huge delegate
>>victories and cut into our lead.
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>>They failed.
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Chan Mahanta" <cmahanta at charter.net>
>>To: "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world"
>><assam at assamnet.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:51 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Assam] Caucusing In Texas
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>>> >Its a mess!
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>>> *** That is the understatement of the day Ram :-).
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>>>>You are welcome C'da.
>>>>Amlan is correct - supposedly there was a mad rush in some precincts to
>>>>be
>>>>the first one to grap the 'register' becomes the captain.
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>>>>It seems that even with all this trouble, the Dems have bigger problems
>>>>ahead.
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>>>>The person that can be nominated must (repeat must) have 2025 (revised
>>>>to
>>>>2024) delegates, including the 'Super Delegates'.
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>>>>The problem is neither Clinton nor Obama can garner this magic number -
>>>>even
>>>>if one or the other can win all the remaining states. They will still be
>>>>shy
>>>>of the the magic number.
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>>>>So, what can they do?
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>>>>The party leaders could weigh in on one or the other candidate to give
>>>>up.
>>>>They could impress upon the Super Delegates to switch sides (at the Dem
>>>>Convention). Not that easy from what I understand.
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>>>>Or they could have a primary in Florida & Michigan and count their
>>>>delegates. If they don't give either Florida/Michigan this chance and
>>>>dis-enfranchise the voters in these two states, there will be further
>>>>problems in November.
>>>>Many Dems in these states have said they would vote for McCain in
>>>>November.
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>>>>Both Michigan/Florida favor Clinton.
>>>>Obama is ahead (right now) in the delegate count, and Clinton has won
>>>>the
>>>>big states (that matter) that the Dems must win in November.
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>>>>Maybe Pureto Rico (I think in June) will be the deciding factor.
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>>>>Its a mess!
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>>>>-- Ram
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>>>>On 3/5/08, amlan saha <a.saha at alumni.tufts.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is another - as per the dem state election manual, in answer to
>>>>> the
>>>>> question "who conducts the caucuses?", it says that - well, the
>>>>> precinct
>>>>> captains do but if the precinct captain fails to turn up at the
>>>>> predesignated caucus center on time, whoever (voters) reaches there
>>>>> first
>>>>> becomes the precinct captain and takes charge.
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>>>>> This on top of being able to vote effectively twice in the same
>>>>> election.
>>>>>
>>>>> I love honky tonk land :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Thanks for enlightening us yet another amazing Texan trait , Ram.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I know weird is everywhere. But this certainly stands out :-)
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>>>>> > At 11:33 AM -0600 3/5/08, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>>>>> > >Very few people in Texas have voted in the primaries and much
>>>>> less
>>>>> in
>>>>> the
>>>>> > >Democratic primaries.
>>>>> > >And boy, was it an experience.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >For those who are not familiar with the process, Texas has, what
>>>>> they
>>>>> > call,
>>>>> > >a "two-step' process for the Democrats. The Republican, don't go
>>>>> thru
>> >>> > that
>>>>> > >process in the Primaries - its the regular 'vote your candidate'
>>>>> process.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >The first part is to vote for the particular Democratic Party
>>>>> candidate
>>>>> ,
>>>>> > >and a certain number of 'committed delegates' are given
>>>>> proportionally
>>>>> to
>>>>> > >the the candidates.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >The second part is what is called the "Caucus". Now, this is
>>>>> easier
>>>>> said
>>>>> > >than explained. But basically, from what I understand:
>>>>> > >After the last person in line (at 7 PM) has voted, the Caucus
>>>>> begin.
>>>>> In
>>>>> > the
>>>>> > >Caucus, people are supposed to 'influence and cajole' voters who
>>>>> don't
>>>>> > >support your candidate, form a goup and elect delegates to the
>>>>> > State/Central
>>>>> > >convention who will, in turn represent your candidate and cast
>>>>> their
>>>>> > ballots
>>>>> > >in his/favor.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >Confused? Well, so am I, and everyone I know is too.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >What really happened: from start to finish - it took about 5
>>>>> hours.
>>>>> There
>>>>> > >were just 6 machines, 3 people to register, and a bunch of other
>>>>> > volunteers
>>>>> > >giving you wrong information from time to time.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >But we did get to vote, and then stood in line for caucusing (if
>>>>> thats
>>>>> a
>>>>> > >word). After an eternity, they basically told us to separate into
>>>>> lines
>>>>> > (one
>>>>> > >for Hillary and the other for Obama). The Hillary line had only a
>>>>> few
>>>>> > >people, the Obama line was long in the precinct we voted. In the
>>>> > > Caucusing
>>>>> > >part, we had to write our names/address etc on a form. Thats it.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >There was no 'caucusing' in the cacus. They could have just cut
>>>>> to
>>>>> the
>>>>> > >chase, and kept a form next to the ballot machines and people
>>>>> could
>>>>> have
>>>>> > >done the same thing.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >On the whole, it was fun, and exciting to have taken part in a
>>>>> process
>>>>> > that
>>>>> > >certainly seems important..
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >Hope y'all enjoyed this.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >Well, that much for politics - at least as its done in Texas.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >--Ram
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